Xue Wanqing clenched her fists, her shoulders shaking with grievance, tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms in the rain. "Just because I refused to agree to the marriage that the Xie family arranged for me, because I wouldn't bring good fortune to the Xie family through this alliance, they slandered me and ruined my reputation. Xie Zhiwei, what qualifications do you have to accuse me","Xiao Changxuan, you are a wolf with ambitions, ungrateful and unfaithful. You two are truly a pair of scoundrels. Scoundrels like you deserve to be cut off from their offspring!" Xie Zhiwei smiled slyly, dripping with sarcasm. "Xiao Changxuan, in these twelve years, you haven't only had Xue Wanqing. Has anyone else ever cherished your bones Since not, what use is this vast empire to you","It's a pity, Xiao Changxuan. You'll never have another chance." Xie Zhiwei's lips curled into a mocking sneer, her eyes devoid of the fiery hatred and killing intent that had once burned within them. Instead, there was a sense of ease and indifference. "Xiao Changxuan, I've already spoken to the new emperor. He has spared your life, allowing you to taste the bitterness of being a dethroned ruler. From now on, every day, every moment, you and Xue Wanqing will kneel before the ancestral tablet of my Xie family, repenting and atoning for your sins…"。